Here’s an
opening prayer of invocation written by Bob Hoekstra.
Opening
Prayer
Father, we
give You thanks.
We give
You praise and glory.
We give
You honor.
We also
come humbly before You admitting our great need for You.
Not simply
a partial need, Lord,
but a
comprehensive, deep, constant, and daily need.
Thank You
that You give grace to the humble.
And so we
humble ourselves before You
and ask
that You would pour out Your grace in mighty measures today.
Graciously
speaking to us.
Graciously
touching our hearts.
Graciously
working
in us to
will and to do according to Your good pleasure.
And
graciously, transforming our lives to the image of Jesus Christ.
By Your
Holy Spirit, unfold Your Word and make it alive to us.
And Lord,
we confess that we can only live
by every
word that proceeds from Your mouth.
So speak
to us.
We are
ready to
hear what
you have to say.
In Jesus’
name. Amen.
~ written
by Bob Hoekstra in Growing in the Grace
of God. Posted on the Blue Letter
Bible website. http://www.blbi.org/library/pdf/16/016_04.pdf
